Dive with friends
ECSAC held their annual Awards Dinner at the Tytherington Club to recognise the achievements of our members in 2019. Club Member of the Year and the nominees are…. Our winner of the Club Member of the Year, as voted for by our club members.. Helen Hamer… Well done Helen! Diver of the Year and Ocean […]
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Following a request from Helen Hamer, Pat Spencer and Phil Darlington (assisted by Tim Porter) are planning a dive weekend on the Norfolk Chalk Reefs. The Cromer Shoals Chalk Bed was created when dinosaurs ruled the earth and has been found to be the longest in the world. At over 20 miles long the 100-million-year-old
The Norfolk Chalk Reef Weekend – Trimingham 11th 12th Sept 2020 Read More »
We drove to Heathrow on Thurs to travel overnight to Johannesburg, spent Friday catching up on sleep and visiting The Apartheid Museum before catching the Saturday flight to St Helena, famous for housing the exiled Napoleon after Waterloo and for its importance to The East India Company trading spices and slaves. Our accommodation was a
Trip Report St Helena 16-27th January 2020 Read More »
Pat Spencer and Phil Darlington are planning to take one of the club ribs to Tyneside staying in the Little Haven Hotel, launching from the Council owned slip next to it. We intend to dive 3 wrecks, Oslofjord, Eston & another TBC, (2 Saturday and 2 Sunday). We’ll dive the Oslojford twice as the non-tidal
Sat 15th to Sun 16 th August – Tyneside South Shields Read More »
Trip Report – by Vesta A team of ECSAC explorers joined Wreckspeditions aboard the Starfish Enterprise this weekend for what promised to be a great weekends diving. And it delivered. To quote Fred “the best skipper he’s ever had!”. The gang arrived on Friday night and settled in to the accommodation with a few beers. Ropes
Diving in the Clyde with Wreckspeditions 2019 Read More »
A bunch of daring ECSAC explorers have headed to the farnes. To be chewed on by Sea puppies. The trip was looking questionable based on the weather but thankfully the Farnes were in the eye of the storm and the weather was looking amazing! Thanks to Vesta for the photos below.
Farnes Trip – November 2019 Read More »
We had a great party at the club with yet again amazing decorations… Superb job from the social team. Thanks to Alison, Vesta and Richard for the photos.
Report by Pat Spencer Tyneside 23-26th August 2019 Top Cat was prepped and checked at home during the week before it was towed on Friday evening to South Shields. The only incident on the way there was a blow out on the nearside tyre of the trailer which Phil fixed in twenty minutes. I watched
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Vesta is now organising a full weekends diving with Wreckspeditions taking place on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November this year (my last dives as an unmarried woman…here’s my chance). This will consist of 2 dives per day and would be aimed at more experienced sports (with depth progression) and above as the wrecks will
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Dr Peter Miles, from Stafford, is a medical doctor with an interest in decompression illness and immersion pulmonary oedema. He is also a diver and a member of Stafford BSAC. He’s very active in the club there and he has presented to his own club on the topic about immersion pulmonary oedema. Food will be served from
Talk night – 1st August – Dr Peter Miles – Immersion Pulmonary Oedema. Read More »